Single-player games like Railroad Tycoon II Platinum
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Railroad Tycoon II Platinum, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Railroad Tycoon 3
Single-player alternative to Railroad Tycoon II Platinum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon II Platinum.
Railroad Tycoon 3 features 25 scenarios challenging players to recreate magnificent feats of railroading history from around the world. Players can lay track (including tunnels and overpasses), pick from over 40 locomotives from early steams to modern bullets, choose to haul over 35 types of cargo in a dynamic economy, and participate in...
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Railway Empire
Single-player alternative to Railroad Tycoon II Platinum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon II Platinum.
In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition.
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Sid Meier's Railroads!
Single-player alternative to Railroad Tycoon II Platinum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon II Platinum.
Sid Meier's Railroads! marks the return of the watershed title in simulation/strategy gaming that launched the popular "tycoon" genre, and inspired a new generation of games. Sid Meier's Railroads!
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Railway Empire 2
Single-player alternative to Railroad Tycoon II Platinum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon II Platinum.
Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.
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Steam & Heather
Single-player alternative to Railroad Tycoon II Platinum — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A cosy railway management builder set in 19th-century Scotland. Shape the land, lay track, connect industries, and watch towns grow as steam reshapes the Scottish landscape.
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Railroad Corporation
Single-player alternative to Railroad Tycoon II Platinum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon II Platinum.
Relive the pioneering spirit of the Golden Age of Steam by establishing your own railroad empire across 19th century North America. Bring settlements together, produce and trade goods and develop new technologies to stay ahead of the competition. Want more? RAILROAD CORPORATION 2 Out Now!
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Transport Fever 2
Single-player alternative to Railroad Tycoon II Platinum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon II Platinum.
The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!
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RAILGRADE
Single-player alternative to Railroad Tycoon II Platinum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon II Platinum.
RAILGRADE is the train RTS game! Construct dense vertical railroads, build cities, construct vast factory chains with train automation! Restore an off world colony's economy all in the intense story driven campaign or relaxing sandbox mode!
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RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic
Single-player alternative to Railroad Tycoon II Platinum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon II Platinum.
Create incredible parks in the original rollercoaster sim from Chris Sawyer.
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Tropico 4
Single-player alternative to Railroad Tycoon II Platinum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon II Platinum.
The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times - geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers - and you, as El Presidente, face a whole new set of challenges.
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Cities: Skylines
Single-player alternative to Railroad Tycoon II Platinum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon II Platinum.
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
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Factorio
Single-player alternative to Railroad Tycoon II Platinum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon II Platinum.
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
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Transport Fever
Single-player alternative to Railroad Tycoon II Platinum — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game. Players start in 1850 and build up a thriving transport company. As an emerging transport tycoon, the player constructs stations, airports, harbors and makes money by connecting areas requiring transport services. Build up your own Empire!
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Shattered Union
Single-player alternative to Railroad Tycoon II Platinum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon II Platinum.
Following a great increase in terrorism, internal strife and ultimately, the nuclear destruction of Washington, D.C., the United States shatters into a half-dozen nation-states that descend into war. Take the helm of one of these newfound sovereignties (or the 'peacekeeping' European Expeditionary Force) and struggle to reunify America...